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JOEL H. GREENE, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

ATTACHMENT Foa BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,000, aat March28,1899.

' Application filed July 5, 1898. Serial No. 685,135. (N0 model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J OEL H. GREENE, a citi"i zen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of the city and county of- Dubuque and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Attachments for Beds,ofwhich the following is a full description.

My invention relates to beds, with peculiar reference to those used inhospitals or by indevice may be had, attention is called to thefollowing specification and drawings accompanying the same and forming apart hereof.

Figure l represents a vertical section of the bed-post and standard whenpartly extended for use; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the bedpost whenthe standard is inclosed. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of thehooks'removed.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the outer shell or post, havingthe usual casters a. Oommencing at the top of this post there is a holeextending vertically into the post A to near the bottom, into which therod B telescopes. Upon the top of the rod B is a head E, which preventsthe rod B from passing too far down into the post A and also serves as ahandle to raise the rod. In the rod B there are one or more hinged oroth erwisesupported hooks D, which when the rod B is closed into thepost A shuts into the slots cl. Into the post A is inserted athumb-screw I-I, which engages with the rod B and holds it at anydesired elevation. Upon lthe hook D maybe suspended a fountain-syringeGr, as shown in closed, as shown in Fig. 2, the operator takes hold ofthe head E, at the same time unloosens the set-screw H and raises therod B to the desired height, then tightens the set-screw H. The weightof the hook D will cause it to drop out of the slot d and assume aposition shown in Fig.- 1. The operator then hangs upon the hooks Dwhatever apparatus he desires. After use it is closed by looseningset-screw Hand lowering the rod B, which will close the hooks D into theslots d and pass down into shell A and assume a position shown in Fig.2.

Heretofore a single separate post has been attached to one end of thebedstead and which is madeverticall y adjustable; but this diers from myinvention, in which the regular posts are made hollow and the extensiblerod is placed in one of them.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent, is

l. A hollow bed-post, combined with an ex= tensible rod provided withsuitable grooves,` hooks pivoted in the grooves, and which are closed asthe rod is telescoped into the post, and means for holding the rod in anextended position, substantially as shown.

2. In a bedstead, the hollow corner-post, combined with the extensiblerod B, which is placed therein, and which rod is provided with grooves 3hooks pivoted in the lower ends of the grooves, and which are made toautomatically close as the rod is lowered into the post, and a set-screwwhich passes through the post, and engages with the rod and holds therod in any desired position, substantially as described.

. Signedby me,atDubuque,Dubuque county, Iowa, on this 29th day of June,1808.

JOEL H. GREENE.

Witnesses:

M. M. CADY, H. E. WoorcroN.

